...that is at least in Germany. Google never wanted to pay any licensing fees. It's been Google's modus operandi for years.

I find it interesting that in times when there's been greater scrutiny of who comes to the US, and in some cases tourist dollars having significantly reduced because of the tougher US visa regime and other factors, there are articles like those quoted that "blame" the incidence of disease on outsiders. Incredible!!

The USA should man up and state categorically that some of its citizens are behaving like uneducated villagers by refusing to vaccinate. Do not blame those you call aliens because measles has been and still is on the decline everywhere else.

What will happen when polio strikes?

The [dividing] line between us and those other nations is surely being narrowed. After the Chinese shot down a satellite in 2007, I knew it was just a matter of time.

No wonder they are now challenging us in the east. To make matters worse, they own most of our debt

If nothing is done, we'll be a nation of no consequence in a few decades.

If they had not focused much on the specs, but rather on battery life that can last a day of average use, I'd be happier. I ask my self: -

"Of what use is having the"latest and greatest if by mid-afternoon, I will be holding a brick in hand?

This is what I do to these good phones that are limited in the battery department. I underclock them with acceptable results.

By the way: Can one explain to me how Motorola was able to cram a 3000mAH into a phone smaller than this but Google and its LG partner cannot?

"Third World characteristics describe War Room deliberations at Healthcare.gov."

After all, had this happened in some far away land, we'd be congratulating ourselves for "not being them", right? And how we, being the "first world", are better at implementation, with "checks" and "balances" at every step.

Had this shoe been on the "other foot" - I mean in those other "non democratic countries", folks here and on other websites would be saying somethig to the effect...

"What do you expect? We're so lucky here in , where we are democratic and have 'established' rules of engagement..."

Now that this shoe is on their foot, I am anxuious to see what their rant is gonna be like.

While I am in agreement that PC sales are dropping, I am not too sure users are migrating to tablets "to play games."

Reason: Battery life is a PITA on these gadgets. The CPU intensive graphics these games have doesn't help either. Users in my own [small] circle are migrating to tablets to "cunsume other media."

Now, I am not trolling, but can some one tell me what innovation haas come from the USA in recent years? It all seems to come from countries afar!

Why not? After all micro usb has its share of shortcomings among which are the following:

1: No video capability
2: No docking capability

All users would be able to have are data transfer, and charging.

Pretty limited, right? Whatever happened to "Let the market decide?"

My problem with [MS] Word is this: If you have a table as the first item/object in your document and you'd like to type above it, it's impossible to do this! Moving the table lower moves the document margins as well! Solution is to delete it and "reserve" space for text with an invisible text box or type some irrelevant text first, which text you can replace with the text you want.

It's as pathetic as it is frustrating!

You find it everywhere... I mean, just Google that phrase. Let me see what the fan boys will spin this out...

Like these?

I guess success like beauty, lies in the eyes of the beholder.

I would like to listen to the audio. It must be very interesting. Anyone has a link?

I'll disable tracking by default. And Google should take my "threat" as guaranteed. I am not alone I know.

...that's what is keeping me from buying into their [eco]system. The cash Microsoft have collected from me over the years should be enough, I believe. The name Microsoft just makes me yawn.

Anyone feel the same?